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The English genitive and double case

Transactions of the Philological Society, 2009
AbstractDouble case is a widespread phenomenon in which a feature, typically a case feature which originates on a noun phrase A, is realised externally to a feature which originates on a noun phrase B which is a subconstituent of A. Although not included in the above collection, examples of the English phrasal genitive such as [the girl who invited[me ...
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Genitive subjects in child English

Lingua, 1998
This chapter provides an analysis of children's so-called ‘genitive subjects’ (like my in My want one) within the framework of Principles and Parameters Theory. Child clauses with genitive subjects have been argued to have a very different syntactic structure from their adult counterparts, viz. to be nominal rather than clausal, or VPs rather than IPs,
Andrew Radford
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Genitive Case in Kurdish and English Language

Journal of Linguistics and Social Sciences
Linguistic and grammatical correctness, both in their production and when they are categorized under specialized grammar, involve numerous features unique to each language and the technical intricacies of its grammar. One such feature encompasses processes related to the genitive case, encompassing the nuanced details of genitive attribution ...
Aryan Sdiq Aziz, Nali Adham Ghairb, Chia Karim Karim, Bahra Salam Hama Gharib, Tanya Ismail Hama Amin, Shabaz Abdalla   +5 more
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The semantics of the genitive case in English

, 2020
This bachelor thesis deals with the function of the genitive substantive, the semantics and use of the English genitive case. The thesis is divided into two parts, the theoretical part and the practical part. In the theoretical part, the work deals with theoretical sources concerning the genitive case in English. In the practical part, real data, which
PIEGLOVÁ, Monika
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The oblique genitive in English

2013
The English oblique genitive construction, illustrated by examples such as a friend of the Prime Minister’s, has variously been analysed as a conditioned variant of the subject-determiner construction (the Prime Minister’s friend), as a conditioned variant of the of-oblique (a friend of the Prime Minister), or as an equivalent of the partitive (one of ...
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The Semantics of the English 's Genitive

American Speech, 1975
ALTHOUGH GRAMMARIANS have formulated rules that describe the syntax of English 's genitive constructions quite well, they have found the semantics to be complex and difficult to delineate. In an effort to capture the variety of meanings expressed by 's genitive constructions, grammarians have divided them into several semantic categories.
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Arabic and English genitive constructions

Languages in Contrast, 2014
It is well documented that there is a one-to-many relationship between Arabic and English genitival constructions. However, it is unclear whether, given this syntactic variation, such constructions show equivalence in semantic function. For this purpose, a corpus-based contrastive analysis of these genitive constructions in a bilingual novel is carried
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The syntax of English genitive constructions

Journal of Linguistics, 1986
As is well known, English has two genitive or possessive constructions, the ‘proposed’ and the ‘postposed’, exemplified in (1).In each case we have an NP, with a head N (book, office, dog, house, plants) modified by a possessive expression (John's, a man's, mine, etc.).
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On the splitting in English of theof‐genitive

English Studies, 1986
(1986). On the splitting in English of the of‐genitive. English Studies: Vol. 67, No. 1, pp. 57-71.
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Possessive genitives in English: a discourse perspective

South African Journal of Linguistics, 1991
'n Diskoersperspektief oor possessiewe uitdrukkings (soos John's car, the president's assassination, last year's election, ensovoorts) in Engels is aangebied. Daar is geredeneer dat die genitiewe nominaal soos 'n soort topic fungeer deurdat die konstruksie se hoofnaamwoord ‘gegrondeer’ word deur die vasstelling van 'n verwysingspunt vanwaar die ...
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